Shoes or Shares - What if you are already invested in brands that you trust? The companies we buy from, work for and trust are listed on the stock exchange, so how do you move from buying them to owning a slice.

10:30 – 11:15

Khanyi Dhlomo

Invest in yourself - Discusses her journey with financial empowerment and gaining confidence in investment.

11:30 – 12:00

Adele Hattingh

ETF's 101 - Educates the audience in a fun, accessible way about an easy to understand, cost effective way to invest.

What is financial freedom and how can you achieve it? - Financial Freedom will mean different things to different people, but at its essence it means changing your life and your lifestyle to such an extent that you may no longer rely on the monthly pay cheque. This means that you have focused your attention on your finances, made sacrifices and now your money is working for you and your time is largely your own. We'll talk about different types of financial freedom and what you need to do on a daily basis with your investments to get there.

Shared Experiences - How can shared investments benefit you? Learn about investment clubs, and how women can fast track both their investments and their knowledge by joining up with their friends for a "shared experience"

Editor-in-Chief of Destiny magazine and counts environmental affairs and social culture as key areas of interest

Opening and Welcome

09:30 – 10:00

Main Stage

Zeona Jacobs

As Director of Marketing and Corporate Affairs for the JSE, Zeona is a senior executive with over 25 years of experience in corporate, governmental and communication organisations. She is currently, Chairman of the Johannesburg Social Housing Company, the Committee of SADC Stock Exchanges (CoSSE) and an Executive Member of the African Securities Exchange Association.

Investing on the JSE

Discusses the role of the JSE and why on exchange investment is key in the financial growth of individuals and the country

10:00 – 10:30

Auditorium

Carly Barnes

Passionate about storytelling, the role of EasyEquities brand manager had Carly Barnes at 'Hello'; when she started working at Purple Group in 2016. Carly is proud to be breaking down barriers for South Africans with low cost, friendly investing, and empowering women to take charge of their finances

Shoes or Shares - What if you are already invested in brands that you trust?

The companies we buy from, work for and trust are listed on the stock exchange, so how do you move from buying them to owning a slice.

10:30 – 11:15

Main Stage

Khanyi Dhlomo

Former South African TV Host and magazine Editor. She is the founder and CEO of Ndalo Media, and most recently Ndalo Pictures.

Invest in yourself

Discusses her journey with financial empowerment and gaining confidence in investment.

11:30 – 12:00

Auditorium

Adèle Hattingh

Adèle is responsible for increasing primary market activity through bringing new issuers and specialist product issuances to the exchange. She also manages strategic relationships with key stakeholders in the ETP Market with the goal of achieving sustainable growth.

ETF's 101

Educates the audience in a fun, accessible way about an easy to understand, cost effective way to invest.

12:00 – 12:30

Main Stage

Batsile Ngomane

Head of Fund Solutions and Strategic Initiatives, including Africa, at Ashburton Investments.

Future Fit: Investing for a realistic future

With people living longer, costs rising and the world changing, this session looks at long term investment for an unknown future.

12:30 – 13:30

Auditorium

Candice Paine

Candice has spent 20 years in the financial services industry having worked locally, in the US and the UK. She is an independent Private Wealth Planner and consults widely to the asset management industry as a strategist and consultant.

What is financial freedom and how can you achieve it?

Financial Freedom will mean different things to different people, but at its essence it means changing your life and your lifestyle to such an extent that you may no longer rely on the monthly pay cheque. This means that you have focused your attention on your finances, made sacrifices and now your money is working for you and your time is largely your own. We'll talk about different types of financial freedom and what you need to do on a daily basis with your investments to get there.

13:30 – 14:00

Auditorium

Kelly Fung

Editor-in-Chief of ELLE South Africa with over 10 years of experience in fashion and beauty storytelling. Kelly is passionate about working with local designers and bringing garments to life in her editorial work.

Invest in your Brand

Its takes 7 seconds for someone to form an opinion of you. This talk looks at how Power Dressing can help you grow your brand.

14:00 – 14:30

Main Stage

Nerina Visser

As ETF Strategist at etfSA, Nerina works passionately with women to reach their financial independence, one ETF investment at a time.

Shared Experiences - How can shared investments benefit you? Learn about investment clubs, and how women can fast track both their investments and their knowledge by joining up with their friends for a "shared experience"

14:00 – 14:30

Auditorium

Mark Grobbelaar

Founder of Woman Inpowered

Take Control: Self-defence techniques

Quick guides and techniques to equip you with the mental and physical ability to make a choice in a threatening situation.

14:30 – 15:00

Main Stage

Chris Rule

CFA is the Head of Products and Client Solutions at CoreShares, a South African passive investment management business.

Alternative Investments: Cryptocurrencies & Other investment options

Takes a look at investment options and what you need to consider when you look at cryptocurrencies and other investments.

Investment Challenge Learn how to trade the stock market using the JSE Investment Challenge Platforms

Ralph Speirs - JSE: Senior CSI Officer Ralph joined the JSE education team in 2009 and moved to the CSI team in 2015. Aligning with his passion of educating youth on financial literacy, he now focuses on promoting the JSE Schools and University Investment Challenge. Ralph has a B. Compt Degree in Accounting through UNISA and is a member of the South African Institute of Financial Markets. He is passionate about sharing his experiences and knowledge in the financial markets; and making a difference in the lives of the youth of South Africa.

​9:45 - 10:45

​Careers in the stock exchange ecosystem

Martin Koch - JSE: Senior Trading Product Specialist, Trading ServicesAfter graduating with a Bcom Honors degree in Finance from Wits, he started at the JSE as a graduate in 2010 in the Equity Market Trading Services Team. He was involved in Project Jaya, that brought the JSE Equity Market trading engine back to South Africa from London in July 2012. He worked on the implementation of the colocation centre in 2014. Shortly after this, he started on project ITaC, which aims at improving the derivative systems of the JSE in line with the Equity Market.

Panellists:

Erica Bruce - South African Institute of Stockbrokers: PresidentErica is one of the founding members of Navigare where she is the managing director and stockbroker in control. She has played the role of the president of the South African Institute of Stockbrokers (SAIS) since 2005 and has over 30 years of experience in the South African financial markets including roles at the JSE, HSBC and Cadiz Group. Erica continues to sit on various industry advisory committees and forums.

Mark Weetman - Unum Captial: CEOWith over 20 years of trading experience, much of it in the derivatives trenches, Mark rates himself as a self-taught trader. He entered the world of trading and investments after spending four years working for SAB (which possibly explains his love of craft beer) and is a representative of the industry on both the JSE Financial Derivatives and the Retail Advisory Committees.

Anthea Gardner - Cartesian Captial: CEO and Managing DirectorAnthea spent the majority of her working life in investment banking for internationals such as HSBC, Rand Merchant Bank and Morgan Stanley, before her time as a Senior Investment Officer for the African Development Bank. She holds an MBA from Wits Business School, with a first class thesis in Option Pricing Theory. She can regularly be seen or heard commenting on CNBC Africa, Classic fm, Cliff Central and is a judge for this year's Forbes Africa, All Africa Business Leaders Awards. She is a keen sportsperson, counting the Ironman in Sweden, as one of her greatest accomplishments. Anthea has been a trustee on the ASHA Early Childhood Development charity board since 2015.

Tshepo Maseko - Peregrine Equities: Director and Head of Trading TechnologyWith over 15 years experience in the financial services industry, Tshepo started his career at Sage Life in 1999, before joining Peregrine in September 2005. Tshepo is currently the Head of Trading Technology and Executive Director for Peregrine Securities Group and is responsible for all electronic trading infrastructure at Peregrine and Legae Securities. Tshepo has qualifications that include Advanced Project Management, NDip in IT and has also completed a Programme for Management Development at GIBS.

11:00 - 11:45

Trading 101How to start, tools, experts and courses available

Petri Redelinghuys - Herenya Capital Advisors: Founder Petri is a trader and founder of an elite brokerage firm in Cape Town with past experience in niche asset management firms and brokerages, and a semi regular contributor to Finweek, justonelap.com and various other forms of financial media. He holds a strong belief that continuous learning and a mixture between creative and logical thinking is the key to successful investing.

12:00 - 12:45

ETFs 101

Adèle Hattingh - JSE: Primary Markets Business Development and Exchange Traded Products (ETP) ManagerAdele joined the JSE in 2007 and is currently responsible for increasing primary market activity through bringing new issuers and specialist product issuances to the exchange. She also manages strategic relationships with key stakeholders in the ETP Market with the goal of achieving sustainable growth. Her previous experience includes Equities and Equity Derivatives and leading Equity Market Product development. Adele holds a Master's degree in Business/Finance at the University of the Witwatersrand and BCom Hons degree in Investment Management from the University of Johannesburg. ​

13:00 - 13:45

Types of ETF's for your investment appetite

Nerina Visser - etfSA: ETF Strategist & Advisor As an independent ETF Strategist and Advisor, Nerina offers consulting services to the investment industry, with a specialist focus on exchange traded products, benchmark indices and quantitative rules-based structured solutions. She serves as Vice President on the board of the CFA Institute South Africa Society and is a consultant to the World Bank/IFC. She is member of the JSE Issuer Regulation Advisory Committee and the JSE Product Advisory Committee. She also serves on the SWIFT African Advisory Group, on the Editorial Advisory Committee of the Collective Insight publication and is a retirement fund trustee. ​

14:00 - 14:45

Forex 101Understanding the forex market and how it can work for you

Elaine Mabiletsa - JSE: Senior Currency Derivatives Specialist Elaine began her career as a Business Consultant at Gijima, where she later became a qualified Business Analyst. In 2011, she joined Absa Capital as a product controller for the Foreign Exchange Market. She then joined the front office as a Foreign Exchange trader and ultimately moved onto the FX sales desk. In 2015, she became a member of the JSE team, managing Currency Derivatives in Capital Markets. She currently also serves as a committee member of the ACI. ​

15:00 - 15:45

Fintech What Fintech promises to the Investors? 'beyond robo-advisors and chatbots'

Langa Manqele - JSE: Manager: Equities & Equity Derivatives Langa recently completed an Oxford Fintech Programme with University of Oxford, Said Business School. Langa is currently a Manager in JSE Equity and Equity Derivatives, his experience includes being a Manager - Functional Innovation at Nedbank CIB. ​

Public sessions close at 16:00 ​ ​

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Closed session opens at 17:30 ​ ​

17:30 - 18:30

Networking session at the JSE stand ​

18:30 - 20:00

Recipe for successful leadership

Dr Reuel Khoza – Institute of Directors in South Africa: President Distinguished thought leader, businessman, President of the Institute of Directors in South Africa (IoDSA), Africanist, public speaker and change agent at the forefront of transformation in the South African political economy, Dr Reuel Khoza has been hailed as a role model in respect of the duties and responsibilities that a citizen can and should take on in the public and national interest. Reuel is currently Chairman of Dzana Investments (Pty) Ltd, AKA Capital (Pty) Ltd and Globeleq.

The All Share Volatility Factor Index is a single factor index. Characteristics: Stocks that exhibit low volatility tend to perform better than stocks with higher volatility. Metrics: Standard Deviation of 5 years weekly total return.

Characteristic

​Description

​Name

All Share Volatility
Factor

​Index Code

J203VOF

​Alpha Code

AVOF

​Index Category

All Share Factor

​Universe

​All Share Index (J203), constituents capped at 5%

​Fixed No. of Companies

​No

​Liquidity Screening

​Yes

​Free Float Screening

​Minimum of 15%

​Other Screening

Volatility Factor
Screening

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​Minimum security level weight threshold of 2 basis points

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​Maximum stock level capacity ratio applied at 20x

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​Industry Weight constraints applied relative to the weight of each industry

​Centralised, sophisticated and more real-time risk management for better protection of the market and alignment to global best practice and regulation in support of internationalisation of the markets

Fast Track allows international companies who have been listed for at least 18 months on another global exchange to accelerate their secondary listing on the JSE. A Fast Track listing is a quicker, easier and less admin intense process.

In many ways a SPAC is an alternative to raising capital for acquisitions. This capital raising vehicle is a publicly traded shell with a specific mandate to acquire or merge with other companies or assets.​

16:00 - Clients are advised that testing for today is now complete.Clients are strongly encouraged to perform testing to prove connectivity back to the JSE Production services for Equity Trading and Information to ensure business readiness for Monday. NOTE: Should clients encounter any issues please contact Customer Support on +27 11 520 7900/+27 83 611 9315.Thanks to all clients for your participation in today's dress rehearsal. Enjoy the remainder of your weekend.

15:30 - Clients are advised that testing will continue till 16:00 as per the current schedule.

14:10 - Client testing during today’s DR test has progressed well and feedback from most clients is that they have already completed. Based on this the JSE is suggesting that the testing window ends at 15:00. Clients who require the testing window to remain open till 16:00 are to please contact the CSC on +27 11 520 7777.

13:45 - Clients are advised that the CLR and all linked derivatives (Futures, Options and Inverse Calendar Spreads) will be suspended on the Trading engine as well as in the JSE Reference Data System.